We don’t help people when we do it for them; but by helping them to help themselves.
[Editor’s warning: as the author of the famous originals pointed out, “there is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth”.]
Nottingham City Council paid nine staff over £100,000 a year. What did local taxpayers get for their money? A failed council-owned energy company.
The West of England was a narrow Conservative victory last time. It is likely to be closely fought again.
Imagine if the Thatcher Government had sought to run the City from Whitehall. The self-defeating militancy seems to have been discarded.
The Government got “Brexit done” – and now wants to deliver on its pledge to spread “opportunity across the whole United Kingdom”.
The Centre for Social Justice’s new report sets out in detail how the programme could be increased from 2,000 to 16,500 places.
Future deals will be important but they should be viewed as a means to an end rather than an end in of themselves
The third piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.
Plus: Why are Police and Crime Commissioners asking for more money for keyrings and stress balls?
Max Caller, the inspector who brought change to Tower Hamlets, has been sent in to the city. The Government could take control.
That part of England where the Tories are most hated has offered the greatest possible cooperation with Boris Johnson.
The pandemic has regularly pitched the economy and health on different sides of the policy response. This is a false choice.